Other Places art fair

OPaf 8 features workshops, demonstrations, performances, and more at Angels Gate Cultural Center.

The eighth Other Places art fair (OPaf), a highly anticipated annual community contemporary art festival, will take place at Angels Gate Cultural Center (3601 S. Gaffey St, San Pedro 90731) on September 19, 2026, from 12pm to 7pm. This free, annual event is open to the public and has supported unconventional and underrepresented artists, art project spaces, and art programming since its founding in 2017.

OPaf 8 will host over thirty booths featuring over 100 participating local, national, and international contemporary artists gathering in and around Battery Leary-Merriam, a decommissioned Army battery on the grounds of Angels Gate Cultural Center. Operating outside traditional art systems, Other Places art fair provides a platform for artists of all backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses, creating an inclusive, outdoor space for artistic projects united by the intention to exist in alternative settings free of commercial boundaries.

In addition to booths, OPaf 8 will feature performances, readings, and talks, and the return of the OPaf Workshop Tent – an educational community art workshop area and vibrant hub for community engagement offering a range of interactive workshops and creative activities, including hands-on weaving, voice and Rhythm meditation, embroidery, printmaking, and mixed media sculpture workshops. The workshops this year will also culminate with a communal kite building project, which will be flown at the closing of the event
Also debuting at this year’s event is a feature artist reading, talks, music, and performance area hosted by bed crumb show.

Other Places is committed to providing a public exhibition space for hundreds of diverse artists and thousands of attendees, with a focus on equality and community. Other Places art fair strives to create a community-driven, culturally relevant annual art festival welcoming people from all backgrounds.
Other Places art fair has been featured in Art Forum, LA Weekly, KCRW, and Hyperallergic, demonstrating its impact on the art community. Join Other Places art fair for a day of inspiring art, engaging workshops, and meaningful connections.

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Participants:
Devils Food Vending / Gene’s Dispensary / Roofless Painters / bed crumb
show/ SULA Turner Residency (AJ Miller / Danielle Chandler / Melanie
Bisbach) / Harvest & Gather / P.A.D. [Project Art Distribution] / Escolar /
Department of Devotion / LAWWSS (Los Angeles Woodwind Skill
Share) / Cartlife / GAG! (Gallery Attendants’ Gallery) / Ditch Projects / Flower Head / Yadira Dockstader / Project PAINT: The Prison Arts Initiative / Locker 2 / Gracie Moon / Saint Remy Arts / QuorumQuorum / Brian Black and Zane S.B. : Graphite Meditation Station / Bren Perry / Farshid Bazmandegan / Upwell Art Lab / MystiCorp / and more.

Workshops by:
Cindy Macias / Rafe Axne / Jess Ofelia Sandoval / Cristina Tejada / Benjamin Reiss & Chris Warr / Kristen Jean Wheatley

Readings, Talks, & Performances by:
Yadira Dockstader / Morgan Mandalay / GAG! x the burbank police department / Diana Relth / Cindy Macias

Photo by Jose Cordon.